ABSTRACT
Text from Nbk 11 p. 108; first published in 1840 as a two-stanza fragment. There are transcriptions in both BSM xviii and BSM ix Introduction li, and in Raben, JEGP lxv 65-74. Text from Nbk 11 p. 181; first published in 1839 as a fragment. See BSM ix Introduction lv-lvi for transcription and discussion of the publication history, and also BSM xviii 307, and Raben, JEGP lxv. When a King ascends a throne Blood and gold have made his own when a hundred Kings bestride Mighty nations, in their pride5 Spurning in their deadly ride. Text from Nbk 11 p. 181; first published in 1839 as a fragment. Text from Nbk 8 f. 23rrev.; see BSM ix 256-7, 573-4; these fragments may possibly be connected with Mask of Anarchy rather than 'Misery. A Fragment'. When a Nation screams aloud Like an eagle from the cloud When a Watch the look askance and cold -5 See neglect, and falsehood fold.
